Resources

Crisis Text Line ‘For the Frontlines’

Text FRONTLINE to 741741 for free crisis counseling 24/7.

An extensive list of content created to support frontline healthcare workers, covering everything from building emotional PPE to understanding trauma and PTSD.

In addition to their program, Action Collaboration on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience, the National Academy of Medicine has compiled a long list of resources to support frontline workers.

Medical students in Minnesota, St. Louis (Washington University in St. Louis) and Chicago (Northwestern University) are offering childcare and pet care services for physicians and care teams. To facilitate logistics, both students and families register for services and students volunteer for shifts. Students are then matched with families based on need and availability. Students have reported that the need is overwhelming, with some systems reporting more than 100 families signed up for childcare or pet care services.
Mount Sinai offers similar services through their Sinai Kids and Sinai Together initiatives. UW Health has partnered with Epic and Meriter to transform Epic’s old headquarters into a 24/7 childcare center for children of clinicians that are working at local hospitals during COVID-19.
Several organizations have partnered with their local YMCA to provide additional childcare for their health care workers.
One system reported a program in which staff members who must stay home to care for their children are still paid their regular rate if they agree to care for children of two other staff members.

The Emotional PPE Project connects healthcare workers in need with licensed mental health professionals who can help.